i mean, it does seem like -- you understand you need the public behind you and the president's best energy has always come from outside washington, but it doesn't seem to have helped negotiations, especially where we've seen them right now. what is the point of, a, a proposal that pretty much they say, oh, yeah, we knew all had stuff before the election. >> let's not forget how this started. the president was elected by all of the people many the country. we have 535 members of congress who were elected from all over the country. >> i think a lot of folks think he is now governing in -- or at least putting proposals out there like 100% of the vote -- >> congress create this so-called cliff. they decided there would be a date certain where everything would unravel. it wasn't the president that did it, and now he has laid something on the table. it's time for congress to act. to say that their feelings are hurt, you know, put on the big boy pants for girls and boys and let's get this job done. >> you know, there's been a lot of talk around this town about the movie "lincoln." in that movie l